Pirate ships are sort of interesting in that they were radically democratic compared to the strict hierarchy and brutal discipline that was emblematic of naval culture of the time.
If you think of each pirate ship as a separate democratic state, then the scenario shared between pirate ships and traditional states is the international relations concept known as anarchy (not to be confused with the meaning of "anarchy" we usually use around here, whoo boy are they different).
This lib makes a good case for pirate ships being more Anarcho-Syndicalist, in a way. Robbing people with more money than you is always good, especially if the ship is owned and run democratically to some degree.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T0fAznO1wA8
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Pirate ships are sort of interesting in that they were radically democratic compared to the strict hierarchy and brutal discipline that was emblematic of naval culture of the time.
If you think of each pirate ship as a separate democratic state, then the scenario shared between pirate ships and traditional states is the international relations concept known as anarchy (not to be confused with the meaning of "anarchy" we usually use around here, whoo boy are they different).
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This lib makes a good case for pirate ships being more Anarcho-Syndicalist, in a way. Robbing people with more money than you is always good, especially if the ship is owned and run democratically to some degree. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T0fAznO1wA8
What's cool about pirates is they robbed empires built on slavery
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https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/189572.The_Many_Headed_Hydra